Team Leader (EN Qualified)

Calvary; Lakes Entrance; On-site; AUD 47,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP salary packaging benefits,discount

Paid parental leave

Training, development pathways and car

Flexible hours

Job summary

Calvary Lakes Entrance in Victoria is seeking a Team Leader to support high-quality resident care. You will assist the Clinical Care Coordinator and Registered Nurse to supervise care across the home, ensuring residents' individual needs and goals are met with dignity and respect.

You will lead shifts on your wing, coordinate medication management and nutrition, and provide social and emotional support while upholding Calvary policies and organisational values.

Qualifications

• Social and emotional support for residents
• Coordinate care needs across the home including medication management
• Lead/supervise care on shift within designated wing
• Perform medicine-related tasks in accordance with scope of practice and policies

Responsibilities

• Provide social and emotional support to all residents ensuring care is holistic and person-centred
• Coordinate care needs across the home including medication management, nutrition and hydration, pressure care management
• Lead/supervise care on the shift, within their designated wing or area
• Perform medicine related tasks in accordance with scope of qualification, state or territory legislation, regulation and Calvary policies, procedures for delegation and supervision

Skills

Social support

Care coordination

Team supervision

Medication administration

Communication

IT literacy

WH&S knowledge

Infection control knowledge

Resident advocacy

Education

Diploma of Enrolled Nursing

Job description

• Progress with purpose at one of Australia’s largest health care providers
• Get ahead with salary packaging, benefits and professional development in a supportive team environment
• Casual position: Calvary Lakes Entrance, VIC!

Located on Victoria's beautiful Gippsland Coast, Lakes Entrance offers an exceptional lifestyle with stunning beaches, the famous Gippsland Lakes, and a welcoming community. Residents enjoy a relaxed coastal environment, excellent recreational opportunities, and access to essential services, making it an ideal place to live, work, and build a rewarding career.

About the role

The Team Leader plays an integral role in the provision of high quality care to our residents at all times. The Team Leader supports the Clinical Care Coordinator and Registered Nurse to supervise and coordinate care to the residents across the home whilst actively ensuring the individual needs, wishes and goals of each resident is met within an environment where they feel supported, valued and treated with dignity and respect.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide social and emotional support to all residents ensuring that care provision is holistic and person centred.
• Support the coordination of the care needs of residents across the home including medication management, nutrition and hydration, pressure care management
• Lead/supervise care on the shift, within their designated wing or area.
• Perform medicine related tasks in accordance with scope of qualification, state or territory legislation, regulation and Calvary policies, procedures for delegation and supervision.

About you

• Diploma of Enrolled Nursing (with APRHA Registration to administer medication)
• NDIS Clearance check or Willing to obtain one
• High level of commitment, integrity, honesty and trustworthiness
• An effective listener with the ability to communicate at all levels both orally and in writing
• Ability to understand and use information technology and programs and to learn new skills as required.
• Current National police check
• Working knowledge of WH&S and Infection Control
• A desire to join a team committed to the care of others in a mission based organisation

Why work for Calvary?

At Calvary, our staff matter.

With over 130 years’ experience and 18,000 staff and volunteers, we offer an inclusive and welcoming culture where you are valued, drawing on your own strengths, identity and background alongside a team of professionals who care for our patients, residents and clients.

• NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships
• Paid parental leave
• Training, development pathways and career opportunities
• Flexible hours that make sense for you

As we serve the community across Home, Virtual and Residential Aged Care, Retirement Living and Hospitals, one thing sets us apart. Care from the heart.

Please note the following:

• As part of the application process, you will be required to complete pre-employment checks which may include, but is not limited to reference checks, work rights, criminal history check, NDIS/WWCC/WWVP checks, and a health evaluation to ensure suitability for the role